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TikTok tops 2 billion downloads

TikTok, the widely popular video sharing app developed by one of the world’s most valued startups (ByteDance), continues to grow rapidly despite suspicion from the U.S. as more people look for

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COVID-19: What are U.S. politicians desperately trying to hide?

Vice President Mike Pence (C) visits Dennis Nelson, a patient who survived the coronavirus and was going to give blood, during a tour of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, April 29, 2020. P

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Indian news media fight virus on financial, political fronts

India’s news publishers face a delicate balancing act as they look to offset financial losses from sinking ad sales with support from a government seeking to control th

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BP announces $4.4 bln quarterly loss as oil prices crash

A BP logo is pictured outside its gasoline stand on April 26, 2020 in Katwijk, Netherlands. /VCG British energy giant BP on Tuesday said it slumped into a 4.4-billion-U.S. dollar net loss in t

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Saint Laurent pulls out of Paris fashion week for rest of year

French luxury label Saint Laurent said Monday that it was pulling out of Paris fashion week for the rest of the year, in a move widely seen as a blow against the frenet

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COVID-19 will have far reaching effects on foreign remittances

Editor's Note: Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communications consultant and international affairs columnist. The article reflects the author's views, and not necessarily those of CGTN.Out of th

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Yale analysis shows more Americans died, far exceeding official data

A research team led by the Yale School of Public Health recorded an estimated 15,400 excess deaths than reported, nearly two times as many as were publicly attributed to COVID-19 in the early week

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Nearly 100 listed companies in China report doubled net profit in Q1

A total of 94 listed companies in China's A-share market have seen their net profit double in the first quarter (Q1) despite the bite of COVID-19, the China Securities

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Trump says firing HHS chief 'fake news', praises his 'excellent job'

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected reports that he was planning to fire Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, saying he was doing an "excellent job."On Saturday, the Wall Stre

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Privacy concerns abound over COVID-19 tracking technologies

00:52 The right to privacy or safeguarding public health – which is more important? And should one be sacrificed for the other? This is one of the biggest questions the world's now fac

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Donald Trump cuts daily briefing short after day of mockery over disinfectant comments

Donald Trump cut off his daily coronavirus briefing without taking questions after a day of mockery over his suggestion disinfectant could cure coronavirus.The US presi

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Anti-malaria drugs touted by Trump see FDA warning over heart risks

Two anti-malaria medications highly touted by President Donald Trump should not be taken outside a hospital or clinical trial because of the risk of severe heart problems, the Food and Drug Admin

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Coronavirus came to New York from Europe, not China: Governor

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday research showed that strains of the novel coronavirus first entered his state from Europe, not China./REUTERS. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said

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Rumor Buster: Videos showing discrimination in China's anti-epidemic measures are fake

Certain videos recently circulated online purport to show discrimination towards foreign nationals, particularly Africans, in China in its anti-epidemic measures. Howe

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APD | Philippine President Duterte extends lockdown to May 15

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, acting on recommendations of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Infectious Communicable Diseases, ex

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Online exhibition marks 50th anniv. of China's first satellite launch

The National Museum of China will run an online exhibition in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the launch of China's first satellite, Dongfanghong-1 on April 24. /National Museum of China

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Natural resources consumption gap widens

Editor's note: Lyu Haobo is a specialist in environmental policy in Tsinghua University and the author of "Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) and air pollution issue in China." The article reflect